艾 — Chinese character
艾
ài, yì
mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris; used in transliterations
- Pinyin
- ài, yì
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 艹 乂
- Formation
- pictophonetic — grass; meaning component 艹; sound component 乂
- Japanese
- 艾 as a kanji
Common words with 艾
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 艾滋病 | ài zī bìng | (loanword) AIDS |
| 方兴未艾 (方興未艾) | fāng xīng wèi ài | flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding; still growing strong |
| 艾滋 | ài zī | (loanword) AIDS |
| 艾滋病毒 | ài zī bìng dú | human immune deficiency virus (HIV); the AIDS virus |
| 艾特 | ài tè | (loanword) at sign; @ |
| 艾草 | ài cǎo | Asian mugwort or wormwood (genus Artemesia) |
| 艾灸 | ài jiǔ | moxibustion (TCM) |
| 苦艾 | kǔ ài | wormwood; Artemisia absinthium |
| 艾叶 (艾葉) | ài yè | mugwort leaf (TCM); Folium Artemisiae argyi |
| 自怨自艾 | zì yuàn zì yì | to be full of remorse; to repent and redress one's errors |
| 艾塔 | ài tǎ | eta (Greek letter Η, η) |
| 艾蒿 | ài hāo | mugwort (Artemisia) |
English words written with 艾
艾 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 4 · Zhuangzi 4
- Mencius 4A.9
- Mencius 5A.1
- Mencius 5A.6
- Mencius 7A.40
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi Language
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
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